The properties of two solar wind high speed streams and related geomagnetic activity during the declining phase of solar cycle 23

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 164-177

  Tsurutani, Bruce T ^a   Echer, Ezequiel ^b   Guarnieri, Fernando L ^c   Gonzalez, Walter D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic activity; High speed solar wind streams; HILDCAAs; Interplanetary Alfvenicity

Indexed keywords

CO-ORDINATE TRANSFORMATION; COROTATING INTERACTION REGIONS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; CROSS-CORRELATION VALUE; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; HELIOSPHERIC PLASMA; HIGH SPEED; HIGH SPEED SOLAR WIND STREAMS; HILDCAAS; INTERPLANETARY ALFVENICITY; LARGE AMPLITUDE; N-WAVES; SOLAR CYCLE;

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SHEATHS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; STORMS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 78650920502     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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